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Capitaine Raoul Cesar Robert Pierre Echard was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.
He was born at Rouen, France on 28 September 1883. He received the Legion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre for his valor. The award citation of his Légion d'honneur mentions :
"An energetic officer, audacious and skillful pilot. In less than a month, by his courage and combat techniques, and by the example he gives each day to everyone, he made a newly formed young escadrille into a highly efficient unit. On 3 May 1917, he downed his third enemy plane in our lines. Cited twice in orders.
He died 1922 in an Air meeting starting from Zurich. After two steps of the "circuit des Alpes", his Spad crashed in a wood near Bodio where he was found dead.
List of aerial victories
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I
| No. | Date/time | Aircraft | Foe | Result | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 March 1917 | German two-seater | Destroyed | west of Altkirch | ||
| 2 | 1 May 1917 | EA | Destroyed | |||
| 3 | 3 May 1917 | EA | Destroyed | Moosch | Victory shared with François de Boigne | |
| 4 | 5 May 1917 | EA | Destroyed | |||
| 5 | 18 March 1918 | EA | Destroyed | Asiago | ||
| 6 | 14 June 1918 | Fokker Dr.I | Destroyed | Cernay-les-Reims, France | ||
| 7 | 25 August 1918 | Balloon | Destroyed | Concevreux, France |